Police dashcam video released to WMUR Wednesday shows the moments leading up to the officer-involved shooting that left a Canterbury woman dead in September.

Police dashcam video released to WMUR Wednesday shows the moments leading up to the officer-involved shooting that left a Canterbury woman dead in September.

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Updated: 6:28 PM EST Nov 27, 2013

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WEBVTT CRUISER AND DROVE TOWARD HIM. HEATHER SAT DOWN WITH A PROSECUTOR TO SEE HOW THAT RULING WAS MADE. THEY SAY THIS CASE IS CUT AND DRIED. THE ACTIONS MADE THE DECISION JUSTIFIED. ALL THE TROOPERS INVOLVED WERE ON THE SAME RADIO FREQUENCY AND HEARD EVERYTHING. HE SAYS POLICE GAVE HER OPPORTUNITIES TO SURRENDER. A HEAVILY SETTLED MANCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD, A DRIVER REFUSED TO PULL OVER FOR MILES, BOXED IN AT AN INTERSECTION. A CAMERA IN ONE OF THE CRUISERS IS RECORDING. THE DRIVER RAMS INTO A CRUISER AND BACKS INTO ANOTHER. A TROOPER WHO CAN'T BE SEEN GETS OUT OF HIS CRUISER AND TRIES TO STOP HER. SHE CHARGES AT HIM WITH THE CAR. THAT IS WHAT JUSTIFIED THE SHOOTING. ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO THAT ONE DECISION. THEY WATCH THE VIDEO WITH NEWS 9 AND SAID POLICE GAVE WENDY LAWRENCE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO END THE INCIDENT SAFELY. SHE IS NOT STOPPING AT ALL AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE SHE HAS COMMUNICATED ANYTHING TO THE POLICE AT ALL. AND INITIALLY PULLED OVER AND THE TROOPER REALIZED SHE WAS A HABITUAL OFFENDER WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE. SHE TOOK OFF, GETTING INTO AN ACCIDENT AND FLEEING AGAIN. DOING SOMETHING VERY IRRATIONAL, THEY WILL CONFRONT HER AT THE END OF THIS. TROOPERS TRY TO RELAX THE SITUATION. PASSIVELY FOLLOWING HER. IT LEADS TO BETTER DECISION- MAKING BY THE POLICE. THE DECISION TO CHARGE THE TROOPER LEFT NO CHOICE. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS ONE SHOT OR 10. THEY ARE JUSTIFIED IN SHOOTING TO KILL. SHE WAS USING HER VEHICLE AS A WEAPON.

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Police dashcam video released to WMUR Wednesday shows the moments leading up to the officer-involved shooting that left a Canterbury woman dead in September.